The months-long standoff between Ukraine's
strongarm pro-Russian president and opposition protesters in the
streets of Kiev, the capital, has turned grisly in recent hours, with
nine deaths reported in clashes between police and the demonstrators.

Mayhem gripped the center of the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday evening
as riot police officers tried to drive two armored personnel carriers
through stone-reinforced barriers in Independence Square, the focal
point of more than two months of protests against President Viktor F.
Yanukovych.

Pelted by rocks and fireworks, the vehicles became
stuck in the massive barricades outside the Khreschatyk Hotel and burst
into flames, apparently trapping the security officers inside, prompting
desperate rescue efforts from their colleagues.

All hell subsequently broke loose. This Reuters video captures some of the crazy:

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